Nykeba vs Nykia
American parents have registered 993 Nykias since 1880, against 26 Nykebas. Neither name reached five babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Nykeba Nykia
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Nykia has been the commoner name in every year either was published, 1974 to 2019. The lead has never changed hands.
The closest they came was 1980, when Nykeba had 26 and Nykia had 29.
Side by side
| Nykeba | Nykia | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 26 | 993 |
| Most in one year | 26 | 73 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 30 | 970 |
| Median age today | 45 | 29 |
| Peak year | 1980 | 1994 |
| Best rank | 3,215th girls | 1,929th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | unranked |
| First recorded | 1980 | 1974 |
| Girls / boys | 26 / 0 | 993 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Nykebas alive today are over 45; half the Nykias are over 29. That is 16 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Compare something else
Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Nykeba and Nykia.